As western audiences increasingly switch off from generic reporting of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Imogen O’Rorke finds the news-unworthy testimonies at Tate Modern a much needed corrective.

The Anglo-American invasion of Iraq was designed to spread fear and chaos, plunge the country into civil war, balkanize Iraq into several countries, and create an "arc of crisis" across the Middle East, says Andrew G. Marshall

Obama has demanded more war in Afghanistan and, in effect, an invasion of Pakistan. He is the American Blair, says John Pilger, and we should not be taken in.

Western victims are presented by the British press as real, important people with names, families, hopes and dreams. Iraqi and Afghan victims of British and American violence are quite another matter. Media Lens looks at the difference

Western leaders don’t like to mention it, but being able to launch a nuclear attack is still central to their notion of ‘security’. The real thing, however, requires a very different approach, argues Paul Rogers.

The west's 'good war' in Afghanistan has turned bad, says Tariq Ali. A local solution, rather than a neocolonial one, is what's needed

"Who's the last visitor Gordon Brown needs at a time like this?" asks The Independent newspaper. "Step forward George Bush." During his state visit on Sunday 15 June, Bush will be "entertained by the Queen at Windsor Castle" and "have dinner with Gordon Brown at Downing Street".

SchNEWS reports on a good turnout - police and protesters alike - for Carnival Against the Arms Trade.

Isobel Lindsay looks over eight years of anti-war, anti-nuclear writing in the Scottish Left Review and shows how what once was seen as dissent is increasingly seen as mainstream common sense

Too much mainstream journalism is ‘war journalism’, being violence and victory-oriented, dehumanising the enemy and prioritising official sources. Richard Keeble puts the case for peace journalism by analysing a major text on the subject.

Not having a written constitution allowed Blair and his advisers to go to war without reference to parliament or the public, writes George Monbiot.

Amy Goodman interviews Tariq Ali on recent violence on the Afghan-Pakistan border, and the continuing role of the US and UK in the regional turmoil.